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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [270r] (542/1814)
The record is made up of 2 volumes with inserts (898 folios). It was created in 1892-1924. It was written in English, Urdu and German. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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veteran, the oldest field-marsEal in the Persian army; then a row
of full-blown generals; finally, the officers of the so-called Cossack
regiments, including two Russians. In front and in the middle stood
alone the former
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
of the Kajar tribe, a white-bearded elder,
once out of favour with his sovereign but long since reconciled.
Behind stood the solid and forbidding figure of the Kawam-ed-
Dowleh, Minister of Foreign Affairs ; and beyond again the various
functionaries, each in his due rank and position. Ihe whole of the
assemblage was now arranged, every man stood shoulder to shoulder
with eyes fixed in front, and absolute silence prevailed.
Suddenly a cry was raised. The Shah appeared in the loom
adjoining that in which I was placed and took his seat upon a gilded
chair in the window. His principal ministers accom-
The Shah panied hinl and gtood in t p e background. As the King
appeared every head was bowed low, the hands outspread and rest
ing upon the knees. Bands struck up the royal an in different
parts of the garden, and gnns banged away at a slight distance.
The
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
of the Kajars now, acting as spokesman of the entire
assembly, exchanged formal compliments with the King, who spoke
in short, brusque sentences in reply. Then a Yindltih^ standing
behind, recited in a loud voice the Khutbcih^ or prayer for the
sovereign. This done the Poet Laureate advanced, and, pulling
out a sheet of paper, read a complimentary ode. Meanwhile the
bands went on playing different tunes in different parts, and the
gnns boomed noisily outside. When the ode was at an end, the
Shah rose from his chair, and slowly stalked from the chamber;
the troops, with very little attempt at precision, slouched past the
windows 5 and a waving mass of helmets, plumes, and turbans was
seen disappearing through the garden entrance. Such is a Levee
as held by H.I.M. Nasr-ed-Din Shah at Teheran.
Upon another occasion I was conducted over the rest of the
palace (with the exception, it is needless to add, of the anderun,
1 He was the son of the wife of Haji Mirza Aghassi, the eccentric dervish
prime-minister of Mohammed Shah, and, as an especial favourite of his step-father,
lived in princely style. Upon one occasion the present Shah, then Heir Apparent,
was going in pilgrimage to Shah Abdul Azim, when he saw an immense and gorgeous
cavalcade approaching, which he took to be that of his royal father. Respect
fully dismounting, he awaited the arrival of the cortege on foot. Great was his
•disgust when he discovered that the central figure was only the
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
of the
Kajars. In deference to his complaints, the too sumptuous nobleman was
banished to Baghdad.
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These two volumes are George Curzon's own personal annotated copies of both volumes of his book Persia and the Persian Question , which was published in 1892. Alongside the volumes are various loose papers relating to Persia [Iran], consisting of the following: received correspondence; newspaper cuttings; publishers' press releases; cuttings from various booksellers' catalogues; various journal and magazine articles; two items of printed official British correspondence; several prints of photographs and sketches; and a few handwritten notes by Curzon.
In most cases these papers, which range in date from 1892 to 1924, relate to the chapters in the book where they were originally inserted, suggesting that they were kept by Curzon with the intention of using them to inform a revised edition of the book.
Of particular note among the small amount of correspondence are two letters received by Curzon in 1914 and 1915 from retired schoolmaster and Islamic scholar Sayyid Mazhar Hasan Musawi of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India (ff 5-9 and ff 44-53). These letters, which are written in Urdu and are accompanied by English translations, discuss in detail several inaccuracies found in the Urdu version of Persia and the Persian Question .
The various prints of photographs and sketches, which were originally inserted into volume two, are of different locations in the Gulf region. Several of these appear to have been produced in preparation for the publication of the second volume of John Gordon Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Oman and Central Arabia (i.e. the 'Geographical and Statistical' section) in 1908, as they are identical to the versions found in that volume.
Also of note among the loose papers are an illustrated article from Country Life dated 5 June 1920, entitled 'The People of Persia' (ff 36-37), and a printed family tree of the Shah of Persia [Aḥmad Shah Qājār], produced in preparation of his visit to Britain in 1919 (f 233).
Volume one of Persia and the Persian Question contains a map of Persia, Afghanistan and Beluchistan [Balochistan], which is folded inside the front cover (f 1).
The German language material consists of a publisher's press release for two books authored by German archaeologist Ernst Emil Herzfeld (ff 29-30).
- Extent and format
- 2 volumes with inserts (898 folios)
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: this shelfmark consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence commences at the first folio of volume one (1-463), and terminates at the last folio of volume two (ff 464-898); these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Each volume contains a large number of loose leaves, which have been foliated in the order that they were inserted into the volume; for conservation reasons, these loose folios have been removed from the volume and stored separately. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers of the two volumes.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- Mss Eur F111/33
- Title
- Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Questionby George Curzon, with Inserted Papers
- Pages
- 54r:135v, 147r:149v, 158r:180v, 183r:221v, 224r:224v, 227r:246v, 248r:257v, 259r:260v, 268r:362v, 364r:364v, 367r:388v, 390r:400v, 402r:416v, 419r:432v, 434r:444v, 448r:462v, 464r:471v, 475r:481v, 483r:513v, 516r:525v, 527r:544v, 546r:563v, 566r:598v, 600r:622v, 624r:656v, 658r:665v, 667r:675v, 678r:684v, 687r:688v, 691r:691v, 693r:693v, 695r:708v, 711r:721v, 724r:726v, 728r:729v, 731r:736v, 742r:742v, 746r:757v, 759r:761v, 763r:763v, 765r:765v, 772r:777v, 780r:789v, 793r:794v, 797r:809v, 811r:821v, 825r:840v, 843r:898v
- Author
- Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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